[IRCA] TA report for 10October09 Masset: Humming!!!
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[IRCA] TA report for 10October09 Masset: Humming!!!



I arrived at the cottage yesterday at noon after having to
change planes in changing planes in Vancouver as ours had a defective
light.  On top of that, there were very strong headwinds making a 2 hour
flight into one of 3 hours.  Still, arrived safe and sound in Masset and
after a quick lunch with the in-laws, I headed out to the cabin for some
serious antenna and receiver work.  I brought with me the Perseus SDR as
well as theSDR IQ as back up and my 7030+ which stays here.  I laid out my favourite Beverage to the NW
(BOG) at about 800’, and my permanent mini-Beverage of about 450’ due north,
and a large diameter ALA 100 aimed N/NE and S/SW.  All these fed via coax to the new shack in
the garage (heated and roomy).  It took
me some time to get organized as I couldn’t figure out why the Perseus wasn’t
working as well as it does at home until I understood that it was using an
older Dell Dual Core rather than core 2 Duo processor (or is that vice
versa?).  On 1000 kHz it worked just
fine.  Nonetheless, I switched over to
using the Perseus with my MSI Wind and turbocharged and that seemed just
fine.  That took me until it was quite
dark, although in the meantime, I noticed armchair copy of Croatia on 1134 from
02:00 or earlier.  I listened to around
06:00 UTC before calling it a night.  The
Perseus was happily recording the full spectrum for over 2 hours!  I’m going to have a ball, as there was audio
on virtually the entire band with all sorts of good stuff to be heard.  Here’s some of my early result.  “6” unless otherwise noted:

189:  Iceland at 7

198:  BBC R4 at 7 at
04:34

216:  RMC at 7.5

252:  probably Algeria
at 6

531:  2 transmitters
noted on 530.997 and 531.024.  Music plus
the other tx.  Never really strong

594, 603, 612

675:  music at 7 level
02.45 prob Radio Maria, Lopik

684, 693, 702

700:  Very nice ID for
“Smart Radio, KBYR Anchorage”  at 04:30

738:  02:47 at 8 level
but rapidly faded ?France or Spain

747:  8 level

756:  8 level with
singing at 02:51 prob DLF

765:  9 level at
02:52  ? Switzerland

774:  8 level talk,
Slavic sounding at 04:20 most likely Radio Varna, Bulgaria

819:  8 level at
strong level except for splatter early only and nothing later with male
talk.  ?Egypt

828

837:  French at 7
level 03:57 France Info

855:  9 level at 03:56
with ezl music and talk.  Spain.

873, 882, 909, 927

945:  France Info at 9
level

954:  9+ level Czech
at 03:52.  Really strong!

963:  CRI very strong
with Estonian at 9 level at 04:22. 
Weaker earlier in Russian.  Poro,
Finland.

999

1008:  Religious
music.  7 level.  Likely Grootnieuwsradio, Holland

1017:  8 level SWR at
03:48

1026:  7

1044:  7 level SER
Spain, good except for splatter.

1053:  9 level Talk
Sport at 03:45.  Earlier, choral singing
at 02:57 over Talk Radio.  Also noticed
several tx here on 1053.105, 1053.050, 1053.023, and 1053.004.  Choral either Radio Iasi, Romania or Radio
Maria St. Petersburg.  Great frequency!

1062, 1098, 1107

1134:  9+ level early
from Croatia, but 8 later

1152:  9 level pres
Spain Radio Nacional 5

1161:  ezl music at 7

1170:  7 to 8 level
Middle Eastern sounding music under domestic at 03:40.  Can’t be Sawa as it’s in daylight.  ?Russia?

1215:  7 level
Absolute Radio.  Not such a hot performer
this season compared to last.

1224

1242:  7

1251

1269:  9 level DLF in
GG at 05:12.  Armchair.

1278:  9+ level Radio
Bleu, France with “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra at 01:57.

1287

1296:  7 level with 2
cochannels

1305

1314:  8 level with
female vocal choral ?Yerevan, Armenia?

1323:  7

1341:  7 level BBC
Ulster

1377:  France Info at
8

1386:  03:27  very strong 
with Greek sounding music, but deep fades.  Earlier at 02:03 sounds like CRI via
Sitkunai, Lithuania

1404:  talk at 7 but
splatter +++

1413:  ditto to above

1422:  9 level DLF at
03:23 presumed

1440:  8 level
over/under domestic, I think is Luxembourg.

1449:  talk at 7

1458:  music at 7

1476:  8 level EZL
vocals at 03:19.  Couldn’t quite make out
language.  ?Ukraine?

1485:  8 level

1494:  2 stations at
7.  1 on 1494.000 and second on 1493.943

1503:  7 level

1512:  7 level.  Weak modulation at 03:15 ?Greece

1521

1539:  8 level

1548:  VOR in EE via
Moldova at 03:09 8 level exc for splatter.

1557:  France info at
8

1566:  English
religious px presumably TWR Benin at 8 level

1575:  9 level Spain

1584

1593, 1602:  both 7 level.  Latter in SS at 03:05

1611:  Vatican Radio
at 9 level at 04:23.  Absolutely
armchair!

 
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